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Friday, December 9, 2016

I just put 8 brand new stamp sets into production that will be debuting in February :)

I'm really excited about them!

There are lots of sentiments! some classic, some sassy, which means something for everyone.

There are also really pretty designs that will delight those of you who love your markers.

I have lots more in my head that are making a lot of noise so I need to get them out! LOL!

My boys are taking off for the weekend with their wrestling team, and my hubby is leaving for a business trip so I think I'll cuddle up by the fire with my doggies, and turn on Gilmore Girls and design those sets! Yay!

To create this card I started by die cutting my ornament using foil cardstock, Ornament Tag Fri-die set, and the Funky Flakes Fri-die set. I wanted to create a retro-ornament feel so I die cut the smaller circle slightly to the lower right side of the larger circle and inlaid the two together. I then added my snowflake on top and finished it off with the ornament topper and hanger. The sentiment is from the Snowy Sayings Stamp Set.

Hi folks! I'd like to share a tip for turning a straight
sentiment into a rounded sentiment that wraps around a circle, like the
"you deserve a round of" sentiment above.

The sentiment comes from the Bravo set, where as you can see, the sentiment is straight.

I used a circle template (this one I just grabbed off my desk from
a prior project!) With the MISTI closed, tape the circle where you want the
sentiment to be in relation to your card showing through. I'm going to be
lining the stamp along the inside circle here.

Open the MISTI and start shaping your sentiment
along the inside circle.

Stamp, and then repeat as needed. In this case,
3 sentiments happened to fit pretty well around the circle. I tested this
quickly on scratch paper first to see if it was close enough. If the sentiment
was way off, I'd try changing the size of the circle.

I could have stopped here, but I wanted to ink the inside of the
circle. The nice thing is that since you just lined up the sentiment around the
circle, you know it's the perfect size to be a template for ink sponging! To
make sure it's aligned right, since you can't see through the paper, I made a
light pencil mark inside the circle. Looks good!

Then I blended ink, and cut some stars of gold lame fabric with
the Stars
Fri-Dies. The rest of the sentiment is embossed on a strip of black
cardstock. I cut two strips off at the end and spaced them out to make it a
little more interesting on that side of the card.

Thanks so much for looking!
-Kelly

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I love her and her cool, so very cool, style.

I have tons of amazing stamp and dies set on sale right now in my shop.

If you're into black Friday, small Saturday cyber Monday and all that jazz,

then this sale is for you.

No waiting and no codes needed

BUT

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